Converting Broadway Y6b to Y6a ... how easy?

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 I used the old AHM Y6bs to convert them to the Y4 through Y6a classes. Other than what you have mentioned, you will also have to decide if you want to 
change the smoke stack as it is wrong for the Y6a. The Y6b has a forward slanted smoke stack and the other classes do not.

Kurt Kramke

     On Thursday, February 6, 2020, 07:25:43 PM EST, NW Modeling List <nw-modeling-list at nwhs.org> wrote:  
 
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I’d like to convert 1 of my Broadway Y6b’s to an “a”.  I’ve not studied differences closely (yet) so haven’t made the yes/no decision to move forward.  Other than the “elephants in the room” changes (replacing the left side pumps with a feedwater heater, adding the 2nd pump on the right, removing the fwh ahead of the stack, changing some piping/air tanks, etc.) can this conversion be done using the same boiler, cab, pilot and running gear?  I have a brass FWH for the left side and can get other parts from Cal-Scale/Bowser or ebay so necessary parts are easily available and lesser parts can be scratchbuilt.

  

Jim King

http://smokymountainmodelworks.com/

  
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